Spring Banquet

I first heard of the quiet tune of the forest in the mountains and temples, and then I heard the scent of incense in front of the Buddha. This thick scent of Sanskrit was a meeting gift given to him by the Baihua Monarch of the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the fourth year of Daxing. The entire Northern Wei Dynasty was only Mo Juli alone. Have.

The ink-colored pupils shrank slightly, Jiang Xuanjin twisted her eyebrows, and took out another letter from Sun Qing and sniffed.

No, the letter paper that I brought in just a short time ago will not be so permeated by the fragrance in the room under normal circumstances.

Unless the letter paper is always in this room.

Fingers slowly froze on the letter paper, Jiang Xuanjin looked down, carefully and slowly looking at the two letters in front of him, a thought flashed in his heart, and he firmly rejected it.

Impossible, Danyang is dead. This is her handwriting, which can only be written during her lifetime.

If someone imitates deliberately, he can tell at a glance.

But... how do you explain this fragrance?

His always sober mind was a little confused now, he shook his head and pinched his eyebrows fiercely.

There were cheerful footsteps outside the door.

Jiang Xuanjin returned to her senses, tucked two letters into her sleeves, turned around and raised her eyes.

"Hey, what are you doing over there?" She walked in, smiled and pulled him, pulling and frowning, "Why are your hands so cold?"

Soft fingers penetrated between his fingers and clasped him tightly. The man in front of him was in a very good mood. He rubbed his thumb with his eyebrows and said, "When your calligraphy is mounted, I will hang it in this room. See which lady dare to come here in the future!"

As he said, he took his hand and gestured toward the beam of the partition: "Just hang it here!"

Jiang Xuanjin slowly tightened her hand. Holding her instead, did not answer.

"What?" Realizing something was wrong, Huaiyu blinked at him, "Aren't you really angry?"

"No."

"What's wrong with that? His complexion is also a bit ugly." He probed his forehead uneasy, Huaiyu muttered, "Don't get sick again, the injury is just right, our Moju is about to become a medicine hall."

She closed her eyes and was silent for a while. When she raised her head again, Jiang Xuanjin returned to her normal state and whispered, "Would you like to give me a picture?"

"Huh?" Huaiyu was stunned. Struggling quickly, "Didn't I say that I can't write?"

"I teach you." Jiang Xuanjin stubbornly pulled her toward the desk, "write a few simple things."

Except for "one", nothing else can be considered simple.

Li Huaiyu shook his head again and again, half-floor half-hugged him, and said coquettishly: "Your handwriting is good-looking, it's okay to write it to me, but I don't know how to write it. If you write it, it will be laughable and generous. Besides, there is a place to hang calligraphy and painting. , I'll see you again, where do you put it?"

Jiang Xuanjin frowned: "You don't want it?"

"It's not unwilling, it's...Oh!" With a twitch of the corner of his mouth, Huaiyu joked with his hand, "I'm so sleepy, look at what time it is."

On the top of the moon, in the past, it is time to go to bed.

The person in front of him pursed his lips slightly, looking a little unhappy.

Huaiyu coaxed him with a temperless voice: "Don't be angry. Although you are angry and moving, you still look better when you smile. Isn't it okay to sleep? Let's leave it to you tomorrow if you have anything.

She was hugging her neck. Her face was very close to her, and she could see her doting apricot eyes as soon as she raised her head.

Jiang Xuanjin lowered her eyes, stretched out her hand to support her waist, and said in a low voice after a long silence: "Go to sleep."

"I'll undress for you!" Secretly rejoicing and fooling around again, Huaiyu smiled and stretched out his claws toward his skirt.

Early the next morning.

Jiang Xuanjin went up, Huaiyu was idle and had nothing to do, so Qingsi asked Qingsi to find a piece of Supa and embroidered on her head crookedly.

"Wow!"

Qingsi was standing beside her, listening to the sound of the sound, she only vomited a number calmly: "Five."

I got my hand for the fifth time, Huaiyu was very angry, holding the veil and throwing it on the ground: "This thing really doesn't suit me!"

When she was a child, which mother in the palace dared to let her learn to be a female embroidery worker, she wanted to chase people out of the three palaces with a needle! Who would dare to let her take the embroidery needles of this Rauchi?

But... Thinking about Jiang Xuanjin's unhappy expression last night, she gritted her teeth, bent over and picked up the veil.

Qingsi's eyes are very complicated: "You can send me something farewell."

Others are embroidering, and this highness is stab meat at all.

"Didn't he want words?" Huaiyu grunted, "I can't write, I always embroider them."

It's ugly, but she embroiders two more layers, so she can always see the strokes of the characters clearly, right?

After a few random jabs, Huaiyu picked up the veil and looked at it, nodding satisfied, and then embroidered.

"It's coming to the palace banquet in mid-August soon." Qing Si whispered, "you can still enjoy the moon in the palace this year."

Thinking of this, Huaiyu's eyes lit up slightly: "It just so happens that the things in Mingshan Palace should also be destroyed. If you keep it there, something will go wrong if you keep it."

"You go get it?" Qing Si frowned, her expression very disapproving.

"Only I can enter the palace with Ziyang Jun. Who else can do this?" Huaiyu chuckled, "Without the princess, Lu Jing can't go to the palace, and Han Xiao and the others don't even have the way to Mingshan Palace. understanding."

The "Long Princess Party" that was able to sit all over the table in the past is now a mess. What she can do, don't bother them anymore.

Glancing at the look of Qingsi next to her, Huaiyu calmed down: "You don't need to be too nervous, Mingshan Palace is a cold palace, and no one goes there on weekdays. Even if I dig through the ground, no one will notice it."

She said so, and Qing Si stopped persuading her, but stood quietly with her eyes down.

With the evidence of two letters and Sun Qing's confession, Jiang Xuanjin went directly to the prime minister's house with Liu Yunlie, wanting to confront Qi Han.

However, the butler of the Prime Minister’s Mansion even said: "Unfortunately, the Lord took the imperial order the day before yesterday and went to the East County for inspection. I may have to return a few days."

When did you go? Liu Yunlie was at a loss, and Jiang Xuanjin frowned. They didn't hear the wind. They hadn't seen anyone on the front in the past two days. They thought that Qi Han was on vacation, but he was out of Beijing!

"What to do?" Liu Yunlie asked.

What else can I do? Jiang Xuanjin turned around and left.

I can't question, I can only wait for Qi Han to return to Beijing. The evidence is complete. Don't be afraid to wait longer.

When returning to Tingwei Mansion, passing by several newly opened shops, the sound of firecrackers resounded throughout the street, and there were many onlookers.

Jiang Xuanjin glanced at it, slightly curious: "At the same time, three stores open together?"

Liu Yunlie is not surprised: "Lu Ji's shop has always been like this, and the people are happy to watch the excitement."

Lu Ji? Jiang Xuanjin squinted, "Lu Jingxing?"

"Who else besides him?" Liu Yunlie shook his head, "His business is getting bigger and bigger. I thought that without the support of the princess, he would be able to suppress him by two points. Who knows that this person is very cunning, and he gives up a few things. Shop to avoid government troubles. I reopened here."

Let him run it for two more years, and I am afraid that half of Kyoto will fall into his hands.

Fireworks lit by firecrackers filled half the street. Jiang Xuanjin looked at it coldly and saw Lu Jingxing wearing a soft silver snow silk robe under the red silk plaque, shaking his fan and coming out of the store, smiling at the people outside the door. What was said, the people who clapped their hands to watch the excitement heard it, cheered and walked into the store.

"Do you still want to see?" Liu Yunlie retracted his gaze, "Go back to Tingwei's Mansion soon, there is still something to be done."

"You go back first."

Liu Yunlie was startled. Before he had time to ask why, the person in front of him had already walked towards Lu Jing.

His eyes moved slightly, Liu Yunlie didn't turn around and left, watching him say a few words with Lu Jingxing before entering the shop, after thinking about it, he followed.

When the new store opened today, Lu Jingxing was in a good mood. When he saw the man in front of him with a serious face, he squinted his eyes and smiled: "What? Where did you offend the king?"

There was no one beside the secluded cafe, Jiang Xuanjin took out the two letters. Put it directly in front of him.

Lu Jingxing's smile came to a halt with the exact same "Prime Blind Date" on the cover.

There was a bad sound in the secret road, he spread his fan to block his eyes and frowned slightly.

"Do you want to explain?" Jiang Xuanjin asked.

"This...Is there any explanation? His Highness wrote two letters just in case." He said.

Picking up the newer one, Jiang Xuanjin sneered: "March 27th, your Highness has already passed away. When did she write the last one?"

"Is this important?" Lu Jingxing put down his fan and looked at him with a puzzled face. "What does the Lord care about? This letter is true and not false. Even if there are two identical, you can take one at will. ..."

"This letter was let go by Mo Curie." Interrupting him, Jiang Xuanjin said, "And it's a long time."

Listening to his affirmative tone, Lu Jingxing's body tensed and his mind turned quickly.

"What's so strange about this?" He settled on his mind, and said, "This letter was brought by Qingsi from the palace. Isn't she in Moju right now?"

Qingsi? It was placed in Mo Curie early in the morning, but he turned around and used Lu Jingxing's hand to give him the letter. What was this?

Looked at Lu Jingxing gloomily. Jiang Xuanjin gently squeezed the tabletop: "This gentleman hates being calculated."

These two letters are as weird as a conspiracy.

"Who calculated you?" Lu Jingxing said in an angry manner, "I don't want to help you? You want to reverse the case for Danyang, and I also want to see the case turned over, mutual help and mutual benefit, what calculations are you talking about?"

"Do you really just want to help?" Jiang Xuanjin didn't believe it, "Danyang is already awkward, and you are a businessman who is accustomed to seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages. You have to wade through the muddy water with such painstaking effort.

Upon hearing this. Lu Jingxing's face sank.

"Jiang Xuanjin," he said coldly, "how much do you know about Danyang and me?"

"Not much." Jiang Xuanjin said, "I often see Your Excellency in the palace, and I know that Your Excellency often messes with her."

With a sneer, Lu Jingxing closed the fan on the table, looked up at him and said: "In Daxing three years, I was calculated by my counterpart in the industry and lost half of Lu Ji. When I was bothered, I was traveling and met the princess."

At that time, Lord Pingling was still there, and Li Huaiyu had a difficult time, and the sorrow on his face was no less than that of him. The two of them fought in the restaurant because of the last jar of wine, and the last one took a bite and sat in the alley together.

"I am a businessman," he said at the time.

"Oh." She nodded, took a sip of wine and handed him the jar, "I am a princess."

Ben was still bored, but when he heard these words he smiled: "You are a princess, and I am still an emperor."

"The emperor is only ten years old, you are a little older," she said.

Lu Jingxing stopped smiling and looked at her blankly, and found that the girl was really noble, dressed in regular clothes, but embroidered the pattern of Yaochi peony, a golden flower between her brows, and her lips were red as blood.

Perceiving his gaze, she kicked over and cursed, "What to look at!"

This kick was so powerful that he almost couldn't stand firm. Lu Jingxing snorted, and muttered with a complex expression: "What about the bullshit, whose princess is as rude as you."

"There are more rude ones. Would you like to try?" She picked up the wine jar and raised it above his head.

Lu Jingxing turned around to run.

"Hey." Li Huaiyu called to him, half drunk and half awake, "What's your name? Let this palace know if you tell it, maybe I can help you."

Stopping, he looked back at her and didn't really think that this person could help him, but he still said, "Lu Li, Zi Jingxing."

"The mountain rises up, Jing Xing stops?" She raised her eyebrows and laughed.

Lu Jingxing said with a black face: "Has anyone taught you that you can't laugh at other people's names in person?"

"No!" She answered confidently, dug her ears and walked staggeringly, and stuffed the wine jar in his hand with a smile, "You drink!"

"I don't... hey?" Just about to say that he stopped drinking, the person in front of him fell straight down. He threw the wine jar to catch her, and the jar broke to the ground with a crisp sound, and the aroma of strong wine was instantly Fill the alley.

In fact, Lu Jingxing wanted to throw her directly on the pile of debris and leave, but if you look at her like this, if she is really placed here, she might be taken lightly. With a benevolent move, he simply took her home.

Later, he learned that Qing Si was following in the dark at that time. If he had any bad behavior, there would be no later big shopkeeper Lu.

Fortunately, he was well-behaved and took care of her for one night, and then sent her to the carriage the next day.

"There will be some time later!" She smiled and waved.

Lu Jingxing also waved his hand, but what he thought in his heart was: it will be indefinite later!

The enemy's treasurer is very powerful. Someone in the court has bullied Lu Ji into concession, even gave him a gang, and put him in prison. Lu Jingxing had always been doing business, and he would not "collusion between officials and businessmen" at that time. He stayed in prison, thinking that he was going to stay for several years.

However, the next day, he was released. The officer unlocked his shackles and motioned him to go outside.

Lu Jingxing was puzzled and walked out the gate of the jail in a daze. He saw Li Huaiyu standing outside with his hips akimbo. As soon as he came out, he cursed: "Is this brain still doing business? Why go home to farm and raise pigs?"

He looked at her blankly, not knowing why. She came forward, dragged him and walked out: "Anyone Jing Zhaoyin can bully you like this? Go! I'll support you!"

Looking at the long guard of honor behind her, Lu Jingxing finally realized that this person did not lie, she really seemed to be a princess.

It's just a bit rude.

With the support of this rude princess, Lu Ji fought back. In just two months, he not only took back the lost shops and goods, but also closed several stores in a run on Qiu Ji.

"Isn't it just collusion between officials and businessmen?" Li Huaiyu took him and squatted at the closed door of Qiu Ji, and stretched out his hand to give him a chicken leg, "I teach you what is true collusion between officials and businessmen!"

I helped him so much, but he didn't ask him for anything in return. He just said these things casually, drinking and eating chicken legs with him.

"My boredom is gone." He looked at her deeply and asked, "What about yours?"

"Don't worry." Li Huaiyu waved his hand carelessly, "I can solve it by myself."

To put it lightly, he later heard that she and Pingling Jun fought you to death, and almost died several times.

He is just a businessman and can't help at all.

Reaching out and pouring a half cup of tea for Jiang Xuanjin in front of him, Lu Jingxing asked, "Do you know what it feels like to be helpless?"

Jiang Xuanjin looked down: "I haven't tasted it."

"Haha, Ziyang Jun, who is in the midst of power, has never tasted that taste before, but I know it very well." Putting down the teapot, he said, "You can see this person every day, she smiles at you, and drinks with you. , You know she is in a difficult situation, but she can't do anything, she can only stare at her like a fool."

"Now that I finally have a chance to help her, why are you asking me the pros and cons?"

"I'm a businessman, but a businessman is not a human being?"

At the end of his speech, Jiang Xuanjin was slightly agitated, and Jiang Xuanjin was silent. He really only regarded these two people as friends of wine and meat before, and he never thought there would be such a past.

"Fine." He said, "It's the Lord who is worrying too much."

Although these two letters are weird, they are indeed aimed at helping him. If Qing Si really hid the letter in the main house, it would count as life, and it would not be surprising that there is fragrance in the letter.

The frowning brows finally let go, Jiang Xuanjin got up and planned to leave.

"Hello." Lu Jingxing called to him, "How has Zhuji been?"

Turning her head unhappily, Jiang Xuanjin said, "Your Excellency has a great friendship with the princess, but why are you so concerned about others?"

Nonsense, these two people are the same, and of course the friendship should be concerned. Lu Jingxing curled his lips, saw that he didn't mean to say, waved his hand and said, "When I didn't ask."

Jiang Xuanjin sneered, and left without going to Tingwei's Mansion, and went straight back to Moju.

Feeling that she suspected the wrong person, Jiang Xuanjin stayed in Mo Curie to accompany Bai Zhuji for the next two days, allowing her to molest her, with a very tolerant attitude.

Huaiyu once felt that it was raining red in the sky. He stretched his head out of the window to look, and whispered, "It's too rare, right?"

Reaching out to drag her back, Jiang Xuanjin said, "Haosheng changed clothes."

There is a banquet in the palace tonight, and the old man sent a few sets of dresses for them to choose. Huaiyu looked back and found that Jiang Xuanjin had changed into a silver woven robe with long sleeves embroidered with cranes, and she was tall and straight, Huamao Chunsong.

After a moment of stunner, she suddenly thought, if such an outstanding person, what would the president look like if he had a child?

Seeing her standing still. Jiang Xuanjin gently shook her head, and stretched out her hand to fasten the laces on her waist one by one.

"There are many people at the palace banquet, follow me, don't run away."

"Yeah." Replied casually, Huaiyu touched the embroidery pattern on his chest.

Why are others embroidered so beautiful? She is so serious, and in just four words, she hasn't finished embroidering yet.

Gently patted her hand away, Jiang Xuanjin curled her eyebrows: "You have to be more regular when you enter the palace."

"I know!" She smiled back to her senses, and Huaiyu walked out with him holding his arm.

"Master." Qing Si whispered to her.

Huaiyu turned her head and saw she made a gesture of relief at her.

Is it all arranged? Huaiyu nodded. Keep looking forward nonchalantly.

Xi Le Palace is very large, it is a place specially used by the royal family for banquets, not far from Mingshan Palace. As soon as the Jiang family arrived, the inside suddenly became more lively. Many people came up to greet each other one by one, and after a while, they scattered the Jiang family.

Huaiyu has been following Jiang Xuanjin all the time. He is responsible for talking to people, and she is responsible for eating the things on the table in front of her, with clear division of labor and pleasant cooperation.

just. It didn't take long for these great court officials to take advantage of the full moon festival and start to persuade them to drink.

I vaguely remember that Jiang Xuanjin's drink volume was not very good. Looking at the wine Xu Xian presented in front of him, Huaiyu was very protective of the interior and said: "Master Yun Han is still sitting here, how can the general let the king drink first?"

Xu Xian raised his eyebrows: "Mrs. Jun won't even let him drink?"

"It's not that you don't want to drink, you have to have a rule." Li Huaiyu is very proficient in dealing with this group of people. "Master Yun has just been promoted, should you have a drink with him first, Yu Qing?"

Makes sense! Xu Xian immediately looked at Yun Lanqing, who looked at the Madam Jun with a complicated expression. He drank the cup in one go.

"Okay!" Han Xiao clapped and applauded silly.

Yun Lanqing looked so angry, "What's so good? Should you drink it too?"

"Why?" Han Xiao puzzled.

Holding the wine bottle and putting it in front of him, Yun Lanqing said, "I don't worry about you less on weekdays. Why do you ask you to have a drink?"

Is this true? Han Xiao nodded, and then poured a glass honestly.

It was all the wine that came to worship him, but now he was killing each other. Jiang Xuanjin looked funny, and thought this group of people was actually quite interesting.

However, even if Huaiyu held off the wine for him, there were too many people at the palace banquet, and he had to drink a few glasses. Jiang Xuanjin was silent after drinking two cups, and took her to a secluded place near the Joy Palace.

Huaiyu understood, and half helped him and asked, "Drunk?"

"No," he replied stiffly.

Laugh out loud. Li Huaiyu found a rockery for him to sit down, and said softly, "I'll pour you a cup of tea. Will you wait for me here?"

The full moon was high, the lanterns were bright, and there was constant laughter at the coveted banquet in the distance. Jiang Xuanjin looked at the person in front of him with drunken eyes and nodded her head obediently: "Okay."

Smiling, reaching out and touching his head, Huaiyu couldn't help but kissed him hard, and then left with the skirt.

If she was not drunk, Jiang Xuanjin could still detect that she was not walking back to the banquet, but he was drunk and only remembered that she wanted him to wait here.

Then he waited.

Sitting upright, with his hands on his knees, little friend Jiang looked at the deserted road ahead, thinking about waiting for her to come back.

But this time, he waited for a long time, and no one came back on the empty palace road in front of him.